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wildswimmer20 · 2023-05-09T16:22:52+00:00

Pregnant with no. 2, hubbie is French but we live in the UK. 1st child has an unusual Celtic name and this time would like to choose a French name but struggling! Needs to be fairly easy to say/spell in both languages. Wouldn’t probably go for a very traditional French name. Top choice at the moment is Artus, like the nicknames Art and Artie. Would be pronounced quite differently in French and English, does it sound ok in English? Other options - Léon Sylvain Mathis / Matisse Malo Open to suggestion!

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anothername2d · 09/05/2023 23:21

Louis
Gabriel
Sebastien
Hugo
Xavier

TellTailTale · 09/05/2023 23:18

StillWantingADog · 09/05/2023 23:12

Wonderful suggestions above

my personal favourites are
Florian
Fabien
no idea old fashioned they would sound in French though, if at all
(anyone French here that could enlighten me? I may yet get a bonus 3rd son 😂😂)

Both perfectly acceptable! The ones I know are in their 30s but they would also work for a child, I like them both!

TellTailTale · 09/05/2023 23:15

NameChange30 · 09/05/2023 22:24

My family is also bilingual English/French.
How about:
Clément (Clem is easy for most English people)
Leo (slightly different pronunciations of Leo / Léo if that bothers you)
Louis (I'm not really a fan of this name but it seems quite popular)
Lucas (again slightly different pronunciations)
Max (I like Maxime but it seems feminine to an English eye so might be easier for English speakers if you spelled it Maxim)
Noah
Paul
Sam / Samuel
Simon

Personally i avoided names with "th" (Ethan, Nathan, Theo) because I don't like the different pronunciations, and as a native English speaker (but fluent in French) I find the French pronunciation too harsh.

Oh and please be aware of the generational associations of names - many of the suggestions made on this thread are names that DH and I would associate with our parents' generation ie not yet back in fashion

Yes to this! Beware of Laurent, Claude, Gérard, Pascal, Alain , Dominique, Guy, Michel, Jacques, Philippe... I couldn't really imagine them on a child 😁

StillWantingADog · 09/05/2023 23:12

Wonderful suggestions above

my personal favourites are
Florian
Fabien
no idea old fashioned they would sound in French though, if at all
(anyone French here that could enlighten me? I may yet get a bonus 3rd son 😂😂)

Valhalla17 · 09/05/2023 23:10

Laurent
Maxime

Marney41 · 09/05/2023 23:09

Alexandre

caringcarer · 09/05/2023 23:09

Claude
Gerard
Alaine

PurpleChrayne · 09/05/2023 23:07

You can't call an English boy Gaëtan. Come on!

Didier sounds like epididymis.

CharlottenBerg · 09/05/2023 23:04

Louis-Do would be mine.

Waggytail · 09/05/2023 22:59

Guillaume and Sebastian are beautiful names 😍

Marney41 · 09/05/2023 22:57

Marceau, Gaston

Marney41 · 09/05/2023 22:56

Gabin, Guillaume

TellTailTale · 09/05/2023 22:53

We were in the same situation and also had Leon and Mathis on our list.

We also had:

Owen
Elliot
Raphael
Marius
Axel
Gabriel

I'm French and would definitely veto Etienne, please don't!! Remy would be lovely in comparison!

Good luck :) we had a girl in the end, which was way easier!

MrsSkylerWhite · 09/05/2023 22:47

Serge

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 09/05/2023 22:46

Maximilian
André
Pascal

NameChange30 · 09/05/2023 22:40

A couple of people have suggested Alain... it's about as cool in France as Alan is in the UK - not very! I wonder how many under 5s are called Alan / Alain in either country!

Greenfairydust · 09/05/2023 22:38

Aurelien
Dominique
Emilien
Florent
Armand
Augustin
Alexandre
Guillaume
Julien
Alain
Tristan

Heimy88 · 09/05/2023 22:35

Artie is cute. I met a french guy called Téïlo recently, thought that was nice and quite unique. Depends if you think accents are a pain and/or worry about (non-French) people possibly not being able to pronounce it at first!

NameChange30 · 09/05/2023 22:24

My family is also bilingual English/French.
How about:
Clément (Clem is easy for most English people)
Leo (slightly different pronunciations of Leo / Léo if that bothers you)
Louis (I'm not really a fan of this name but it seems quite popular)
Lucas (again slightly different pronunciations)
Max (I like Maxime but it seems feminine to an English eye so might be easier for English speakers if you spelled it Maxim)
Noah
Paul
Sam / Samuel
Simon

Personally i avoided names with "th" (Ethan, Nathan, Theo) because I don't like the different pronunciations, and as a native English speaker (but fluent in French) I find the French pronunciation too harsh.

Oh and please be aware of the generational associations of names - many of the suggestions made on this thread are names that DH and I would associate with our parents' generation ie not yet back in fashion

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/05/2023 22:01

Stephan
Thomas
Alex
Paul
Antoine
Marco
Guy

All Anglo French boys I've known

checktoolate · 09/05/2023 21:32

I know of arthus bertrand (the jewelers) and Yann Arthus-Bertrand the photographer, but have never heard Artus - that said apparently 60 were born in 2006!

https://www.magicmaman.com/prenom/artus,2006200,11277.asp

Prénom Artus : origine, signification et étymologie

Vous cherchez un prénom pour votre garçon qui s'annonce ? Artus vous plaira peut-être. Pour tout connaître du prénom Artus (histoire, étymologie, personnalité), consultez cette page !

https://www.magicmaman.com/prenom/artus,2006200,11277.asp

Frenchfancy · 09/05/2023 21:06

20 years in France and never heard of an Artus.

Malo is pretty current. Pascal is in his 50s. As is Xavier (I have 2 amongst my friends)

Killian is very up to date.

Lucas and Arthur (pronounced r-tor) are good sold names.

EmmaStone · 09/05/2023 20:47

I had a wonderful French colleague called Pascal, great name!

Climbingthelaundrymountain · 09/05/2023 20:44

Emile

Spanielsarepainless · 09/05/2023 20:43

Gerard
Albert
Charles
Louis
Luc
Philippe
Michel
Pierre
Jacques